Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-19
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

If the weather does not go back to
first principles it will not be long be-
fore Florida advertises an ice palace
Richmond Dispatch.
1t is said that James Brown Potter
has become suddenly rich by the rise
Of coffee. He is reported 10 have made
$4,000 in one day and $50, 900 the day
following. Y. Herald.
"A herder drove two thousand six
hundred sheep into a corral at Tie
Siding, Wy. T., and, after banking the
fire in an adjacent cabin, went to sleep.
A spark flew into the straw of the
sheds, and while the herder slept the
corral and all the sheep were destroyed
by Ere.
The Prescott CA. IT, Miner has the
following: as this reservoir water
healthyp" asked newcomer Of an old
Hassayamper. ''Do you see that mule,
strangerp'' Eyes, sir.' "Well, ten
months ago that mule was jack rab-
bit, and drinking this water made him
what he is to-day"
The use of nickel-plated cooking
vessels has been forbidden by Govern
ment order in Lower Austria. 1t is
stated, as the reason for this action,
that vinegar and other acid substances
dissolve nickel; and that this, in por-
tions OF one-seventh of grain, causes
vomiting, and is even more poisonous
than copper.
in a recent lecture before a Lon
don institution DR.. B. w. Richardson
stated that the work of the heart in
healthy man is equivalent to the feat of
raising five and one-fifth tons one foot
per hour, or one hundred and twenty
five tons in twenty-four hours. The
use of eight ounces of alcohol causes
the hearts work to show an excess of
twenty-four foot-tons.
For biliousness the editor of the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
says a plain diet of bread, milk, oat-
meal, vegetables and fruit, with lean
meat and fresh fish, is best. Exercise
in the open air. The victim of an acute
attack will be righted by Uabstinence,
(2) porridge and milk, (3) toast, little
meat and fish and ripe fruit, thus COM
ing to solid food gradually.
The Gazette of Heppner, Ore, was
not behind its esteemed contemporaries
in getting special Christmas number,
and has this allusion to it: 1.-The
Christmas edition of the Gazette is this
year printed in two colors, black and
white, and the occasional lampblack
spots are skillfully secured by the devil
getting on too much ink and failing to
sufficiently agitate his roller"
A substance resembling celluloid
may be made from potatoes by peeling
them, and, after soaking in water, i'm
pregnating with eight parts of sulphuric
acid, then drying and pressing between
sheets of blotting paper. In France
pipes are made of this substance scarce
ly distinguishable from meerschaum.
BY subjecting the mass to great pres
sure substance can be made of it rival
ing ivory in hardness. Budget.
-Erastus Wiman, who is baseball
manager as we'll as man of extensive
business interests, says that at least
$2.5OO,OOO is spent yearly in baseball
in this country. This is further evil
dence of the fact that Americans never
do any thing by halves. But is not this
thing overdonep 1t would seem so
when salaries for good players range as
high as 5000. 1t is becoming busi-
ness rather than a sport.-N Y
Tribune.
Manager Ito supernumerary)I
am going to give you small part in
the new play; do you wish your real
name on the bill, or will you use an
assumed name? SupeII guess | will
use an assumed name. M.-Very good;
what shall it be? S.-Sig. Vermicelli.
M.-That's ahigh-sounding name; why
do you use VermicelliP Got it out of
cook book, did youP S.-Yes, and !
use it because lam supe, you know
Boston Courier.
Hosea B. Perkins is man who, ac-
cording to the New York Times, always
wants to make Daniel Webster chow
der'' from the receipt he obtained from
the illustrious statesman whenever he is
off on a pleasure party. On board a
yacht one day he requested to be al
lowed to 60 into the galley and com
pound the chowder. He was introduced
to the chef and went to work with him.
The chef, however, did not think highly
of the receipt and observed. "Your
Monsieur Webster could write diczion-
aire, but he could not make ze chow
derer."
"A Chicago merchant decided to sur
prise his wife on Christmas by present
ing her with twenty-thousanddollar
policy on his life; but he neglected to
apply for the policy until the day be-
fore Christmas. Then he was told that
the application and the report of the
medical examiner would be sent to the
New York office, and the policy would
come back in few days. This wouldn't
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